The Vizela Herald
Market11 Jun 2035
Dylan Jones puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vizela, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Antonio Gomis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vizela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Words at Vizela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vando Félix is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom11 Jun 2035
Wages eat 141% of everything Vizela earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Vizela lose Andre Pinto
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market11 Jun 2035
Talks stall between Vizela and Alpha Diounkou
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market The Leonardo Santos conversation is coming
- Squad The manager makes an example of Tommaso Pittino
- Market The José Sampaio question follows Vizela around